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1949
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632 FLIGHT MAY 26TH, 1949 Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News and Announcements SERVICE AVIATION "Ariel" SuccessE VIDENTLY the Chief of the Air Staff was delighted by the work of conference Ariel, to which reference was made on these pages last week. He told correspondents, after this discussion of manpower had ended, that ttie name might more fittingly have been Prosperu, for a magic wand had been waved ami very remarkable results had been forth- coming. It now remained to examine without delay the numerous proposals advanced The conference had made it clear that the R.A.F. was confronted not so much by a recruiting problem as with the necessity of making the best use of manpower. The Service did not necessarily want all the cream of the country's vnanhood, but the right men in the right places. It was suffer- ing not so much from the aftermath of war as from the "aftermath of post- war," by which the C.A.S. meant that unattractive descriptions of Service life, circulated during the run-down period, had exercised an unfortunate influence, which was only now being dispelled. It was amazing, observed Lord Tedder, how the R.A.F. managed to keep going during the run-down; any industrial concern, he thought, would have shut up shop. Again he empha- sized that the Service needed volunteers, for only volunteers with long service SOURCE Of SUPPLY: Conversion of Wellington T.IOs for crew training is one of the activities of Boulton Paul Aircraft, Ltd. Three of these Vickers veterans are seen on the tarmac while a Merlin-engined Balliol 2 advanced trainer passes overhead. Details of work on the pre-production order for 17 Balliol 2s are discussed in this issue. could do some of the jobs which had to be done. Nevertheless, he said in answer to a question that he thought there would always be a place for the National Service man. The closing session of the conference was attended by the Prime Minister, Defence Minister and other members of the Cabinet. New N.S. Scheme in Action PILOT training has now begun atWittering, \'orthants. of the first 52 National Service airmen to be ac- cepted as aircrew for their period of con- scription. They joined under the TAKING COUNSEL: In holding conference "Ariel" last week, the Chief of the Air Staff, Lord Tedder, created a precedent by receiving some 2C0 civilian delegates. He is seen in discussion with Mr. Russell Vick, K.C. (right), the chairman of the General Council of the Law Society. scheme which began on the day of their registration—December 4th last year— by which 300 National Servicemen will receive limited pilot training during their 18 months' service, and qualify for a "modified" flying badge. One hun- dred of the 300 vacancies are reserved for proficient A.T.C. cadets. Repeat . . . SignalsI N the caption beneath an official picture (published in Flight of May 12th) of the party which toured the Fai East in the Lancaster Iris for an inspec- tion of radio servises, A.V-M, E. B. Addison, C.B., C.B.E., was described as " Director-General of Services (Staff)." As most Service readers w ill have guessed this should, of course, have read " Director-General of Signals." Culham Naval Air Day ON Saturday, July 9th, H.M.S. Horn-bill, more widely known as Royal Naval Air Station, Culham, is staging a Naval air display and is expecting a gate . of 20,000. One of the events will be » exhibitions by No. 1832 R.N.V.R. (Air) Squadron, part of the London Division of the V.R., which is resident at Culham. The Squadron, hard at work recruiting ratings, hopes that the display will attract men to all branches of its ground organization ; nearly 200 are required and already 50 have responded. July 9th marks the beginning of 1832's summer training which will include ten days at sea in H.M.S. Implacable. Formed in July, 1947, the Squadron ha? logged more than 5,000 flying hours. Singapore Sight'Seeing AT R.A.F. Station Changi, Singapore,the education authorities have arranged visits for airmen and airwomen to several spots of local interest. On the island recently, there were tours of a large rubber estate and factory, the 1- 32
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